Packing Instruction 448

Cargo aircraft only

General requirements

Part 4, Chapter 1 requirements must be met, including:

1) Compatibility requirements

- Substances must be compatible with their packagings as required by 4;1.1.3.

- Metal packagings must be corrosion resistant or be protected against corrosion for substances with a Class 8 subsidiary hazard.

2) Closure requirements

- Closures must meet the requirements of 4;1.1.4.

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COMBINATION PACKAGINGS
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            |         |  Inner      |Inner packaging|   Total
  Packing   | Packing | packaging   |quantity (per  |  quantity
instruction |  group  | (see 6;3.2) | receptacle)   | per package
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            |         |    Glass    |    2.5 kg     |
            |         |-----------------------------|
            |         |   Plastics  |    5.0 kg     |
    448     |   II    |-----------------------------|    50 kg
            |         |    Metal    |    5.0 kg     |
            |         |-----------------------------|
            |         | Plastic bag |    2.5 kg     |
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OUTER PACKAGINGS OF COMBINATION PACKAGINGS (See 6;3.1)

Boxes                       Drums                      Jerricans

Aluminium (4B)              Aluminium (1B1, 1B2)       Aluminium (3B1, 3B2)
Fibreboard (4G)             Fibre (1G)                 Plastics (3H1, 3H2)
Natural wood (4C1, 4C2)     Other metal (1N1, 1N2)     Steel (3A1, 3A2)
Other metal (4N)            Plastics (1H1, 1H2)
Plastics (4H1, 4H2)         Plywood (1D)
Plywood (4D)                Steel (1A1, 1A2)
Reconstituted wood (4F)
Steel (4A)

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Note.- For this substance the special provision A46 could apply.

Mixtures of solids which are not subject to these Instructions and flammable liquids may be transported under this entry without first applying the classification criteria of Division 4.1, providing there is no free liquid visible at the time the substance is packaged and, for single packagings, the packaging must pass a leakproofness test at the Packing Group II level. Small inner packagings consisting of sealed packets or articles containing less than 10 mL of a Packing Group II or III flammable liquid absorbed into a solid material are not subject to these Instructions provided there is no free liquid in the packet or articles.